Associations among knee muscle strength, structural damage, and pain and mobility in individuals with osteoarthritis and symptomatic meniscal tear.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sufficient lower extremity muscle strength is necessary for performing functional tasks, and individuals with knee osteoarthritis demonstrate thigh muscle weakness compared to controls. It has been suggested that lower muscle strength is associated with a variety of clinical features including pain, mobility, and functional performance, yet these relationships have not been fully explored in patients with symptomatic meniscal tear in addition to knee osteoarthritis. Our purpose was to evaluate the associations of quadriceps and hamstrings muscle strength with structural damage and clinical features in individuals with knee osteoarthritis and symptomatic meniscal tear.

Methods

We performed a cross-sectional study using baseline data from the Meniscal Tear in Osteoa

SUBMITTER: Luc-Harkey BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6062861 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature